"I wanted our wedding to feel quite traditional English Country Garden but at the same time make it very personal to us- I didn’t want it to be the sort of wedding where you could replace the bride and groom with any other couple and it would all still work. My favourite colour is light blue so I chose that for my base and went from there, adding in touches of cream, pink and peach."

"When I was younger I worked at a local florist during the school holidays, so they did all the flowers for us on the day. I asked for spring flowers which looked as though they had just been picked from a garden, in dusky blue and peachy pinks. My bouquet had fresh jasmine, garden roses, herbs, peonies and lily of the valley in it and the smell of them really helped to calm my nerves before the ceremony."

"Our photographer Victoria Phipps was absolutely amazing! I really don’t like having my photograph taken but from the moment we met her at our engagement shoot I felt completely relaxed and happy in front of the camera. We will treasure the photos forever."

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Jessica and Bartosz met then were both working at Bank Restaurant in 2007. She was working on the cloakroom and he was behind the bar. Bartosz commented on Jessica’s napkin-folding skills, and she thought he was wearing too much aftershave… The rest, as they say is history. Three months later they were living together in Islington. Over three years later, Bartosz proposed on Brighton beach.

"We were engaged for 11 months, but I had to spend 3 months of that time in New York away from Bartosz on an internship which was quite hard! Lots of late night emailing to caterers etc!"

"My husband is Polish and his parents do not speak English, so I surprised them all by standing up and doing a speech in Polish thanking everyone for coming and celebrating with us. I don't speak Polish at all, so I had to learn the whole thing phonetically. The photo of my husband's face when I started speaking is one of my favourites – he looks so shocked!

I also really loved that at the end of the night we kicked our shoes off and walked barefoot along the road to our honeymoon suite hotel – it was such a lovely moment –talking about the day and remembering the feeling of being surrounded by everyone in the world you love, when each of them has chosen to be there with you to celebrate your wedding, it is one I will never forget."

This was one wedding that was truly a family affair – Jessica's mother mae the couple's wedding cake…

"Fruit cake because she makes such a great one (lots of alcohol!!). I know some people don’t like fruit cake though so we also had homemade brownies and cupcakes for people to nibble on as the dancing went on."

Words of Wedded Wisdom

"Someone told me to take 5 minutes with your husband to step outside and just take it all in before it’s over. I’m so happy we remembered to do this, because such a large part of our family lives abroad we did spend quite a bit of the reception talking and catching up with people separately which meant this was one of the only moments we truly had to ourselves!

I think it also important to also personalise your wedding as much as possible – everyone remembers the unique touches. If people have put a special effort into your wedding, make sure they are thanked in the speeches. There are definitely some people I forgot to thank properly because so many people helped us make the day possible. Some things won’t go as planned, no matter what you do, but at the end of the day, it really doesn’t matter!"

I think I held back on a few little things – like having a particular type of chair or having fairy lights in the marquee etc because I didn’t want to go too much over our budget –looking back, if I were to do it all again I would just go for it! You only get one day and even if no-one else will notice, if it’s important to you, just do it!"

Simple, chic and elegant, but some wise words by the bride just now on remembering to stick firm to what you dream about on your wedding day. What are your thoughts ladies – and gents??